A short paper prepared by HEPI in the course of its review of relations between the higher education sector and the NHS (published as “The Education and Training of Medical and Health Professionals in Higher Education Institutions” in November 2005). This paper feeds into the Department of Health consultation on…
Brain drain or brain gain? This report examines migration of academic staff to and from the UK in the past decade, drawing on research commissioned from WSA and Evidence Ltd.
An update to HEPI’s two previous reports projecting demand for higher education, this report extends the projections to 2015-16. It also contains an analysis of the implications of these revised figures, in particular for the Government’s 50% target for higher education participation.
Recent research has demonstrated that training postgraduate researchers costs universities and colleges much more than previously thought. This report explores the implications.
During 2004 Human Resources and university heads were interviewed in 44 research-led and teaching-led UK universities in a wide spread of metropolitan and campus locations. Although the views reported are not necessarily representative of opinion across the sector, these interviews provide an illuminating insight to the HR issues and challenges…
A review of developments in e-learning in the UK higher education sector.
2005 Student Experience Report, commissioned by UNITE in association with HEPI and conducted by MORI. 5th anniversary edition.
London Metropolitan University was formed as a result of a merger between London Guildhall University and the University of North London in 2002. The new university was concerned that students from its two constituent parts had very different rates of non-completion, and commissioned HEPI to conduct this study, which investigated the difference…
Postgraduate education is the fastest-growing sector in higher education. This report, sponsored by Beachcroft Wansbroughs, looks at trends across the sector and how they affect different universities. It also looks at the financial impact of postgraduate education on universities, postgraduates and on the job market, and raises some important quality…
This report describes and evaluates credit accumulation and transfer systems (CATS) and concludes that they can help further lifelong learning, improve and widen participation, and reduce non-completion.